From: Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: modeline should note file gotten-via-symlink
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:54:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <386f79F5le78uU1@individual.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cvgnk1$2a2$1@reader2.panix.com>
David Combs wrote:
> What I really want to know is that I *arrived* there
> via a *SYMLINK* -- maybe shouted out at me in
> uppercase or something!
>
> So often, for me at least, if I've gotten to some file
> via a symlink -- hey, something's *wrong*.
>
> So, for me, anyway, some (optionally *loud*!) mark or word
> or other indication *on the buffer-name*, both in
> *Buffer List* and in the mode-line too.
>
> Again, LOUD -- since for me getting to some file via
> a symlink is really unusual, and for sure I want
> to know about it -- and be reminded of it each time
> I deal with that file (buffer).
I don't know what to do about the *Buffer List*, but here's a start:
;;; symlink-phobia-mode.el --- Indicate files visited via symbolic links
(defvar symlink-phobia-mode-indicator
(concat " " (propertize "SymLink" 'face 'font-lock-warning-face)))
(define-minor-mode symlink-phobia-mode
"Minor mode to indicate when the visited file name is a symbolic link.
It also indicates when the file name's directory includes any symbolic
links."
nil (:eval symlink-phobia-mode-indicator) nil
(require 'font-lock))
(defun turn-on-symlink-phobia-mode ()
"Turn on `symlink-phobia-mode'."
(when (or (file-symlink-p buffer-file-name)
(not (equal buffer-file-name buffer-file-truename)))
(symlink-phobia-mode 1)))
(add-hook 'find-file-hooks 'turn-on-symlink-phobia-mode)
(add-hook 'find-file-not-found-hooks 'turn-on-symlink-phobia-mode)
(provide 'symlink-phobia-mode)
;;; symlink-phobia-mode.el ends here
--
Kevin Rodgers
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-24 16:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-21 23:46 modeline should note file gotten-via-symlink David Combs
2005-02-22 0:05 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-02-22 4:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-02-22 14:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-02-23 1:45 ` David Combs
[not found] ` <mailman.977.1109049635.32256.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-02-23 1:52 ` David Combs
2005-02-24 16:54 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
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